News: F-35A

While The US Air Force is completing another round of cold-weather testing of the F-35A at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska, Norway completed a successful verification of the drag chute system at Ørland Air Force Base in Norway February 16th.

The first Short Take-Off/Vertical Landing (STOVL) F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assembled outside the United States, was delivered to the Italian Ministry of Defense and assigned to the Italian Navy at the Final Assembly and Check Out (FACO) facility here today.

The F-35 Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin have completed all F-35 weapons separation and weapons delivery accuracy testing as part of the program’s System Development and Demonstration (SDD) phase.

From completing its first-ever aerial demonstration, to making several exciting international debuts, to tackling significant milestones and being delivered to global customers, 2017 was a year of many ‘first,’ for the F-35 program. Read on to learn more about some of the most exciting milestones the F-35 Lightning II.